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I think that worldview leads to a much poorer world. Normal people aren't constantly engaging in a fight for survival in every aspect of their lives, and I don

I think that worldview leads to a much poorer world. Normal people aren't constantly engaging in a fight for survival in every aspect of their lives, and I don't think it's a good thing to ask them to. We should expect the people we deal with to be acting in good faith. I think it would be bad actually if I had to consider if you're going to make money off of my idea when talking to you. Asking everybody to be constantly vigilant of possible exploitation by megacorps puts an undue burden on individuals. We should have strong and durable protections against those megacorps in other ways. What I'm saying is that this sort of copying should be criminal (not just illegal, but criminal) and Microsoft, the legal entity, should be held accountable and fined. I acknowledge that this isn't currently possible with our legal framework, but we should work to make it possible.

luqtas 2y ago
> We should have strong and durable protections against those megacorps in other ways like what? continue to use (pay) for their products and wait for regulations coming from lobbyist countries? /s
diggan 2y ago
> Normal people aren't constantly engaging in a fight for survival in every aspect of their lives, and I don't think it's a good thing to ask them to. We should expect the people we deal with to be acting in good faith. I think it would be bad actually if I had to consider if you're going to make money off of my idea when talking to you. I agree with you, if we're talking about people acting as individual humans collaborating together on FOSS. But this is really about a for-profit corporation acting in its own interests, using people to do its "deeds". Then I think it makes a lot of sense to treat any "Hey, could we chat to you about your project?" with a great deal of skepticism, because they have a goal with that conversation, it it's unlikely to align with your own goals, in most cases. Ultimately, people from that corporation is reaching out to you because there is a potential/perceived benefit coming out of that conversation that they want to have with you. If it isn't extremely clear to you what that exact benefit is, I'd say the smart thing to do is being cautious, to avoid situations like this which happen from time to time it seems.
- hinkley 2y ago
  A hugely successful megacorporation with a famously competent logistics department can cut a one time check without batting an eye. You’re not bilking Ed’s Garage, you’re a rounding error on their petty cash account.

luqtas 2y ago

> We should have strong and durable protections against those megacorps in other ways like what? continue to use (pay) for their products and wait for regulations coming from lobbyist countries? /s

diggan 2y ago

> Normal people aren't constantly engaging in a fight for survival in every aspect of their lives, and I don't think it's a good thing to ask them to. We should expect the people we deal with to be acting in good faith. I think it would be bad actually if I had to consider if you're going to make money off of my idea when talking to you. I agree with you, if we're talking about people acting as individual humans collaborating together on FOSS. But this is really about a for-profit corporation acting in its own interests, using people to do its "deeds". Then I think it makes a lot of sense to treat any "Hey, could we chat to you about your project?" with a great deal of skepticism, because they have a goal with that conversation, it it's unlikely to align with your own goals, in most cases. Ultimately, people from that corporation is reaching out to you because there is a potential/perceived benefit coming out of that conversation that they want to have with you. If it isn't extremely clear to you what that exact benefit is, I'd say the smart thing to do is being cautious, to avoid situations like this which happen from time to time it seems.

hinkley 2y ago
A hugely successful megacorporation with a famously competent logistics department can cut a one time check without batting an eye. You’re not bilking Ed’s Garage, you’re a rounding error on their petty cash account.